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Ugh right. This sucks. This summer and Covid have compromised the learning that we've been able to do.</div>
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Right?</div>
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Um. No.</div>
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Actually, your class has outperformed the past 3 years of cohorts on this summer's exams. Check out the numbers (classes which did the multiple test days are listed, can't compare the first two as it was structured differently)</div>
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<b>cohort </b> <b> 2021 </b> <b> 2020 </b> <b>2019</b> <b>2018</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b><i>So the question is, has learning occurred?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Yes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"><b>I<i>s is undesired learning?</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Yes. It is messy and uncomfortable and not the way we like it.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><i>Can learning happen through self-discovery, WITHOUT the professor using a power point and talking you through it?</i></b></font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">yes. It did. You did above the last three cohorts on every test. </font></div>
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<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Since March, I have fully read (you know, like every word, chapter and took notes and such...) the following books:</font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif">F<span style="color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><i>lipped Learning</i></span></font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><i>Teach Students to Learn</i></span></font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><i>The Master Adaptive Learner</i></span></font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><i>Mindset: the new psychology of success</i></span></font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><i>Big Potential</i></span></font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><i>Ultra Learning</i></span></font></div>
<div style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(0, 36, 81);"><i>Powerful Teaching</i></span></font></div>
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<div style=""><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Each of the books supports learning science where true learning ONLY happens with desirable difficulty and is maximized by self-directed
learning. Situations where students are allowed time to identifying their own knowledge gaps, opportunities for them to fill in those gaps through exploration and group discussions, using the professor for clarification (the importance of the live sessions,
not for me to teach, but to answer), reduction in reading and re-reading, lessening dependency on power points and increasing the skill of regeneration (saying it a different way, students who
</span>write<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> verbatim do worse across the board) and using frequent recall (quizzes, questions and tests). Not in ANY of these texts is there a study where traditional models of delivery (professor teaches in the classroom off
a power point, students take notes on their computers and then restudy those notes or the book) resulted in longterm learning (cramming and forgetting, yes. Learning, no)</span></font></font></div>
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<div style=""><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">That means, a skill is being developed. A valuable skill (undesirable I know) that will enhance your retrieval, encoding and transfer
of information that will lead to being a great clinician as well as a lifelong learner.</span></font></font></div>
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<div style=""><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You've done well.</span></font></font></div>
<div style=""><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Seeing Covid as an opportunity to challenge yourself in a safe environment; to learn to be a graceful learner in this world of ours
where adaptability and resilience is embraced and sought after, versus dreaded and feared, is a blessing. </span></font></font></div>
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<div style=""><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I've seen growth. I hope you take a moment to reflect on the areas of growth you have seen. In fact, share it with me. I'd love
to hear about it. If you are not quite ready to see the positive in this situation, that's OK, take your time, we have a whole other semester for you to work it out:)<span id="😂">😂 Honestly, if you need help, if you want to hash it out, if you want to be
frustrated and angry- I' available. Call me!</span></span></font></font></div>
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<div style=""><font face="calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span>Thanks for listening.</span></span></font></font></div>
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